October 9, 2014 Session Report

Eight for this week's session:  Mike, Alex, Ben H, John W (back for his second session), Rembert, Neville, Lina and myself (John, to distinguish from the other John with the same last initial) were the attendees.  Four games were played:  Machi Koro, Splendor, Viva Java:  The Dice Game and Legendary Encounters.  Some details follow.

We had two groups of four for most of this session.  At one table were John W, Mike, Alex and myself.  First game up was Machi Koro, which Mike had brought.  Alex raced to an early lead, had some good die rolls, and looked like the sure winner but the game did have a catch-up mechanism, and Mike and I began to pull back some ground.  I finally managed to eke out the win (first to complete all four advanced cards).  Mike and Alex had three of four, I believe John W. had only two.  Then we played Viva Java Dice, using just the base research board.  John W. had the early lead, and proved tough to catch although Mike had the double block which he used effectively.  Unfortunately, John W was too far ahead and managed to claim the victory.  Scores were John W. 21, Mike 16, John 15, Alex 8.

At the other table it was Splendor, and three of the four players made it to 15.  Final scores:  Ben H 19, Lina 17, Rembert 15, Neville 13.  The group then tackled a co-op, Legendary Encounters, which Neville had brought.  The game-system turned out to be a bit too tough, first claiming Neville and then Rembert.  The game had to be picked up at 9 but it looked like the bad guys (the aliens) were winning.

Alex is heading off to Essen next week, so hopefully he has a safe trip and brings back lots of cool new games for us to try.